Evaluating the effectiveness of health belief model interventions in improving adherence: a systematic review

CJ Jones, H Smith, C Llewellyn - Health psychology review, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Lack of adherence to health-promoting advice challenges the successful prevention and
management of many conditions. The Health Belief Model (HBM) was developed in 1966 to …

A systematic review of CPAP adherence across age groups: clinical and empiric insights for developing CPAP adherence interventions

AM Sawyer, NS Gooneratne, CL Marcus, D Ofer… - Sleep medicine …, 2011 - Elsevier
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a highly efficacious treatment for obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) but adherence to the treatment limits its overall effectiveness across all …

A survey on sleep assessment methods

V Ibáñez, J Silva, O Cauli - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Purpose A literature review is presented that aims to summarize and compare current
methods to evaluate sleep. Methods Current sleep assessment methods have been …

Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy: the challenge to effective treatment

TE Weaver, RR Grunstein - Proceedings of the American Thoracic …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
Despite the high efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to reverse upper
airway obstruction in sleep apnea, treatment effectiveness is limited by variable adherence …

A survey on sleep questionnaires and diaries

V Ibáñez, J Silva, O Cauli - Sleep medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Sleep assessment is a fundamental part of health evaluation. In fact, many diseases (such
as obesity, diabetes, or hypertension, as well as psychiatric, neurological, and …

An evaluation of measurement model for medical tourism research: the confirmatory factor analysis approach

Z Awang, A Afthanorhan… - … Journal of Tourism …, 2015 - inderscienceonline.com
Medical tourism has become one of the most important sectors generating foreign exchange
for Malaysia. The government has intensified its effort to promote the country as a popular …

Prevalence and consequences of sleep disorders in traumatic brain injury

RJ Castriotta, MC Wilde, JM Lai, S Atanasov… - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: Determine prevalence and consequences of sleepiness and sleep
disorders after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: Prospective evaluation with …

Novel aspects of CPAP treatment and interventions to improve CPAP adherence

TE Weaver - Journal of clinical medicine, 2019 - mdpi.com
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is an effective treatment for obstructive sleep
apnea. However, the success of this treatment is hampered by nonadherence in half of the …

Positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnea

RK Kakkar, RB Berry - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Positive airway pressure (PAP) is the treatment of choice for patients with moderate-to-
severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that …

Increased adherence to CPAP with a group cognitive behavioral treatment intervention: a randomized trial

D Richards, DJ Bartlett, K Wong, J Malouff… - Sleep, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objective: To improve adherence to continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP) treatment in participants with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using a cognitive …